Time to roll back to previous forum?

I used your word "testing" EasyT but I regard this roll out as the only way that the CC can really see if people are able to use it successfully, iron out flaws, improve user participation and site function etc. It's quite an egalitarian way to do it. We could be in the situation of being presented with a finished product, no ifs or buts. But we're not and we're lucky to have some input and participation in this website.

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Most of the flaws should have been ironed out using guiea pigs amongst existing members willing to take part in ironong out basic flaws. As I also said it is good manners.

Taking folk for granted is something that I personally consider to be very poor form! 

It's still letting me Like all my own posts. What a stupid forum! 

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CC should not have published a web site with so many bugs. Testing should have taken place to identify issues and resolve them before going live. CC should have employed professional testers to go through the site and check that every link, facility and item worked as required. It does not require anyone with specific caravanning experience to do this.

To say that it is OK to publish a web site like this, with so many bugs, is like saying that it is OK to have hot water coming out of the cold pipe in your new house and leaving it up to the new home owners to identify the problem. 

Those on here saying give the site time to bed in, and that the problems are just teething problems, wouldn't be saying the same to the builder of the above house!

IT professionals should get it right the first time just like any other service provider such as builder or car manufacturer.

Its not the odd obscure bug requiring correction that is infuriating people. It is the self-evident total lack of foresight and planning resulting in the most basic of errors that we are having to endure.

Yes there are some bugs, but it is not the end of the world. In general, after 3 days use I find the site an improvement on the old one, which folk were constantly moaning about. Perhaps it is not the best way to do things, but we have been given a new site and the opportunity to constuctively comment and help improve things. I for one think this is the best way forward, rather than constant and sometimes unpleasant criticism. 

A couple of years ago, the Scout Association, (a somewhat bigger organisation than the CC), launched a new IT system for nationally keeping records. This was to be used by Scout groups themselves, not just head office. However, when a fairly major glitch was found in the system by Scout leaders using it the Association had the good grace to quickly take the system down again until everything was sorted. This took well over a year to get everything right but was thoroughly re-tested by many actual users before it was re-launched as a live system.